Connect RSS Feed and Google Sheets

RSS is still the simplest way to follow blogs, news sites, podcasts and job boards. FlowMattic watches a feed from your WordPress site and writes each new item to Google Sheets, where you can filter, sort and share it. It also works in reverse, turning approved rows into items in an RSS feed of your own.

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When this happens in RSS Feed2 triggers

Do this in Google Sheets19 actions

1. TriggerNew Item in RSS Feed

2. ActionAdd New Row

When RSS Feed fires New Item in RSS Feed, FlowMattic runs Add New Row in Google Sheets with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

RSS Feed and Google Sheets workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Ready-made template

Save every new feed item as a sheet row

Title, link, date and summary are added as one row per item, building an archive of a blog or news source that the whole team can search later.

New Item in RSS FeedAdd New Row

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Keep only items that mention your keywords

A Filter checks the title and summary for your brand, product or topic and drops everything else, so the sheet becomes a short watchlist instead of the whole feed.

New Item in RSS FeedFilterAdd New Row

Add an AI summary and topic to each article

An AI Agent step reads the item and returns a two-line summary and a topic label, which go into their own columns so researchers can scan many sources quickly.

New Item in RSS FeedAI AgentAdd New Row

Skip links that are already in the sheet

Some feeds republish old posts with a fresh date. Lookup Row Data searches the link column, and a Filter adds the row only when the link is new.

New Item in RSS FeedLookup Row DataFilterAdd New Row

Publish approved rows as your own RSS feed

Curators collect links in a sheet and set a status to Approved. Each approval creates an item in a FlowMattic RSS feed that newsletters, apps or readers can subscribe to.

Update Specific Column ValueFilterCreate New Item in RSS Feed

Copy a feed's current items into a sheet once a day

A daily Schedule reads the latest items with Retrieve RSS Feed Items, and an Iterator writes each one, which suits feeds you want snapshot by date rather than item by item.

ScheduleRetrieve RSS Feed ItemsIteratorAdd New Row

Set up: feed items as rows

After these steps, each new item in the feed you choose is added to a Google Sheet as a row.

Prepare the sheet
Make a spreadsheet with headers such as Title, Link, Published and Summary.
Connect Google Sheets
Add a Google Sheets connection under Connects in FlowMattic. RSS Feed is built into FlowMattic and needs no account.
Add the feed
Start a workflow with RSS Feed New Item in RSS Feed and paste the feed URL, then capture a sample item.
Write the row
Add Google Sheets Add New Row, pick the sheet, map the item fields to the columns, test it and switch the workflow on.

Import the ready-made template Beginner, about 5 min to set up

From RSS Feed	To Google Sheets
Item title	Title
Item link	Link
Publish date	Published
Item description	Summary

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

Feeds differ in what they include. Some have no author, image or full description, so check the captured item before mapping columns.
Use one workflow per feed you follow, so each source's items are easy to tell apart and a broken feed affects only its own workflow.
Create New Item in RSS Feed adds items to a feed that FlowMattic serves from your site, which is separate from your WordPress blog feed.

RSS Feed

Integration page

Triggers (2)

New Item in RSS FeedTrigger on new RSS Feed items
New Item in Multiple RSS FeedsTrigger on new items from multiple RSS feeds

Actions (2)

Create New Item in RSS FeedPower your custom RSS Feed with FlowMattic
Retrieve RSS Feed ItemsRetrieves RSS feed items from a specified URL

Google Sheets

Integration page

Triggers (6)

New Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a new row is added to the spreadsheet
New Or Updated Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is updated in the spreadsheet
Deleted Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is deleted from the spreadsheet
Update Cell DataTrigger when any cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Cell DataTrigger when a specific cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Column ValueTrigger when a specific column value is updated in the spreadsheet

Actions (19)

Add New RowAdd a new row with mapped data
Update RowUpdate existing row in specific spreadsheet with mapped data
Delete RowDelete row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Clear Row DataClear data or row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Lookup Row DataSearch for data in specific spreadsheet
Get Cell DataGet data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Update Cell DataUpdate data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Get Row CountGet total number of rows in specific spreadsheet
Get Row DataGet rows data from the sheet based on specified range
Create Spreadsheet ColumnCreate a new column in specific spreadsheet
Create New SheetCreate a new sheet in specific spreadsheet
Import CSV or JSON to Existing SheetImport CSV or JSON data to existing sheet in specific spreadsheet
Copy SheetCopy a sheet to another or within the same spreadsheet
Get RowsRetrieve rows in JSON format for use with Iterator
Export sheet to CSVExport the selected sheet to CSV format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to ExcelExport the spreadsheet to Excel (.xlsx) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to PDFExport the spreadsheet to PDF format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to OpenDocumentExport the spreadsheet to OpenDocument (.ods) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to TSVExport the selected sheet to TSV format and save to WordPress Media Library

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

RSS Feed and Google Sheets connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

A research desk in a spreadsheet

Feeds from competitors, news sites and job boards land in one sheet where filters, comments and sharing already work.

Follow as many feeds as you like

Runs are unlimited, so a busy news feed posting all day costs the same as a monthly blog.

Both directions in one plugin

FlowMattic can read feeds and publish one, so a sheet of picked links can become a feed for your newsletter or app.

Common questions

How do I send an RSS feed to Google Sheets automatically?

Create a FlowMattic workflow with the New Item in RSS Feed trigger and the feed URL, then add Google Sheets Add New Row and map the title, link and date to your columns. Each new item becomes a row.

Can I track several feeds in one sheet?

Yes. Build one workflow per feed and point them all at the same sheet, adding a Source column with a fixed value so you can filter by feed.

Can I put each feed item in a monthly tab?

Yes. Use Date/Time Formatter to turn the publish date into a month name and use it as the tab name. Create New Sheet can add the tab when a month starts.

Can I make an RSS feed from a Google Sheet?

Yes. Trigger on a new or changed row and run Create New Item in RSS Feed with the row's title, link and description.

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Reviewed 23 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. RSS Feed integration 1.0, Google Sheets integration 2.2.4.